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Fostering Inclusive Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Religious Leadership

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Common good; Discrimination, Spiritual traditions; Human dignity; Inclusive leadership; Religious leadership

Introduction

A profound understanding of the societal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic involves an effort to explore the complex entwinement of individual, institutional, and systemic actions intended to improve public health outcomes. Interestingly, research findings showed that the conscious pursuit of religiousness was acting as a co** mechanism entrenched in spiritual capital formation, thus mitigating the detrimental effects of containment and other austerity measures on citizens’ psychological well-being (Counted et al., 2022; Fountoulakis et al., 2021). Religion is in position to alleviate the emotional distress induced by COVID-19, thus influencing the overall societal well-being. Ceteris paribus, we would expect COVID-19 to affect more religious societies less negatively: religious co** mechanisms (prayer, meditation, benevolence) reduce economic anxiety...

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Notes

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    Greece begins giving COVID-19 vaccines outside churches, https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1167457/greece-begins-giving-covid-19-vaccines-outside-churches/

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    Newspaper, To Vema, July 20, 2021 https://www.tovima.gr/2021/07/20/society/iera-synodos-egkyklios-pros-tous-ierarxes-ekklisia-kai-epistimi-ston-agona-kata-tis-pandimias/

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    Skai news October, 06, 2021https://www.skai.gr/news/greece/ierarxia-syzitisi-gia-ti-stasi-ekklisias-apenanti-se-pandimia-enotiko-klima

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    Holy Synod calls on priests, public to get vaccinated Newspaper Kathimerini, https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1171072/holy-synod-calls-on-priests-public-to-get-jab/

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    COVID-19 passport mandatory for Greek churchgoers, https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/14533/covid-19-passport-mandatory-for-greek-churchgoers

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    Cyprus Orthodox archbishop suspends 12 unvaccinated priests, assessed at https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-europe-religion-cyprus-d2277bcc5f9f749f854413a0681c7762

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    George Gotsis

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Gotsis, G., Grimani, A. (2024). Fostering Inclusive Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Religious Leadership. In: Marques, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Spirituality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32257-0_62-1

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